Black, cold grim, sometimes melodic Black Metal from this Swiss band formed back in 2003. This is actually their first album released back in 2006, but for one reason or other here it is for review. It is not bad by any means, but is sounds too much to many other bands that it loses […]
One of the classic albums from the legendary epic Heavy Metallers in VIRGIN STEELE can be reviewed with not that many words: “A legendary classic from the Long Island band, now once again re-released” would suffice. Though I’m not known for expressing myself in short, nor do I think my dear editor would accept a […]
WINDS OF GENOCIDE’s song titles lead you to imagine they would be a savage War Metal band… ‘Hellhounds Of The Macabre End’, ‘Storms Of Hooded Horsemen’, etc. Somewhat disappointingly, this was not the case as a Hardcore D-Beat influence drives the whole affair. Ultimately, what we have here is a decent melodic Death Crust band […]
Some of the United States’ greatest triumphs in Death Metal originated in New York. Giants such as SUFFOCATION and IMMOLATION both took their first vital steps in New York. The tradition has passed to PYRRHON, who, for the last three years, have studiously gigged with EVOKEN, MISERY INDEX and CANNABIS CORPSE to name a few. […]
I was quite fond of MITHRAS when they back in the day commenced their attack upon naive earthlings into Death Metal. A brutal and relentless technical attack on all senses, the mighty MORBID ANGEL taken from their most brutal perspective and thrown into a vortex where time and shape were upheld in frozen form. Though […]
So, this is just the one-man project act that has been put together by the former guitarist of Finnish Hardcore legends RYTMIHÄIRIÖ? Tuukka Laitinen is the mastermind behind APOCALYPSE WARHEAD, responsible for playing all the instruments for this – including also vocals and drum programming. On the paper, I openly have to admit – based […]
Black candles, winds and bell chimes, echoes from beneath… these are few of the images that come to mind when listening to some real Dark Death Metal and VENENUM are definitely a band that understands how real Dark Death Metal should be delivered. I know it sounds cliché especially nowadays where you get to listen […]
A mere glance at the cover art for VENENUM’s self-titled EP: robed figure beckoning to the dark before him, the dark entrance to a cave behind him, olive-green tree roots gnarled at the base of the drawing, and we know we’re not in Kansas any longer. As first recordings go, a band can hardly hope […]
Canadian Folk / Black / Death / Thrash Metal act NORDHEIM – featuring 4 obviously pretty young lads, have finally got enough songs together for their debut full-length studio album, which has been titled as “Lost In The North”. The band was formed in 2006 – and even if some people may still consider them […]
OK, I have to admit it’s getting boring with MYSTICAL MUSIC. Issue by issue we have to use the same superlatives, as it is simply the most professional one among the fanzines outthere, offers the most up-to-date information when talking about a printed fanzine, offers absolutely value for money and when talking about the layout […]